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The file-sharing site voiced its disapproval of the attack on Wednesday via a statement on Facebook arguing the actions made Anonymous as bad as the people it claims to be fighting.

"We do not encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free internets, where anyone can express their views," it said.

"Even if we strongly disagree with them and even if they hate us. So don't fight them using their ugly methods. DDoS and blocks are both forms of censorship."

The Pirate Bay went on to request activists give up the use of the tactic and instead focus on mounting legal protests against website blockades.

"If you want to help; start a tracker, arrange a manifestation, join or start a pirate party, teach your friends the art of BitTorrent, set up a proxy, write [to] your political representatives, develop a new p2p protocol," it added.